Silent night, peaceful night! All things sleep, shepherds keep

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Silent night, peaceful night! All things sleep, shepherds keep

Author: Joseph Mohr
Tune: STILLE NACHT
Published in 22 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Silent Night

Choral
	A Silent Night Brings New Light

Instrumental
	Tis the Season

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1. Silent night! Peaceful night!
Darkness flies, all is light;
Shepherds hear the angels sing,
"Alleluia! hail the King!
Christ the Savior is born,
Jesus the Savior is born."

2. Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight:
Glories stream from heav'n afar;
Heavn'ly hosts sing alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born,
Jesus the Savior is born."

3. Silent night! Holiest night!
Wondrous Star, lend thy light!
With the angels let us sing
Alleluia to our King!
Christ the Savior is born,
Jesus the Savior is born."

Source: The New Christian Hymnal #381

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Author: Joseph Mohr

Joseph Mohr was born into a humble family–his mother was a seamstress and his father, an army musketeer. A choirboy in Salzburg Cathedral as a youth, Mohr studied at Salzburg University and was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1815. Mohr was a priest in various churches near Salzburg, including St. Nicholas Church. He spent his later years in Hintersee and Wagrein. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Silent night, peaceful night! All things sleep, shepherds keep
Author:	Joseph Mohr
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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STILLE NACHT

Although he composed nearly one hundred works, Franz Gruber is remembered for only one–the tune of "Silent Night," composed on Christmas Eve, 1818. He scored the tune for tenor and bass soli (sung by Mohr and Gruber on that night) with the final phrase to be repeated in harmony (sung by the villag…

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The New Christian Hymnal (1929), p.329

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The Lutheran Hymnary Junior ... of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America #d264

Piano/Organ Silent Night Glad Tidings! (A Christmas Collection for Organ) COLLECTED PIANO/ORGAN WORKS More Piano/Organ...
Choral A Silent Night Brings New Light A Silent Night Brings New Light Tis the Season More Choral...
Instrumental The Christmas Trumpet (Traditional Carols Arranged for Organ and Trumpet) Tidings of Comfort and Joy (Woodwind Solos for the Christmas Season) The Christmas Trumpet (Traditional Carols Arranged for Organ and Trumpet) More Instrumental...
Handbells Silent Night, Holy Night Night of the Father's Love Night of the Father's Love More Handbells...

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